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Tippy Martinez
Felix Anthony Martinez

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.
School Colorado State University

Debut August 9, 1974
  vs. CAL 1.3 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game April 18, 1988
Born May 31, 1950 in La Junta, CO

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)

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        Tippy is best known for picking off three Toronto Blue Jays in a single inning. He is a true gentleman who was a valuable asset to the Baltimore Orioles and a favorite of the fans.

Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1974 24 NYY AL   0   0  10   0   0   0   4  0   12.7   14    7    6   0    9   10   1   4    60   2   2  4.26  3.55   83 1.816
 1975 25 NYY AL   1   2  23   2   0   0  13  8   37.0   27   15   11   2   32   20   1   5   167   3   1  2.68  3.71  139 1.595
 1976 26 TOT AL   5   1  39   0   0   0  21 10   69.7   50   19   18   1   42   45   1   2   287   3   1  2.33  3.35  144 1.321
         NYY AL   2   0  11   0   0   0   3  2   28.0   18    6    6   1   14   14   0   0   108   0   1  1.93  3.45  179 1.143
         BAL AL   3   1  28   0   0   0  18  8   41.7   32   13   12   0   28   31   1   2   179   3   0  2.59  3.28  126 1.440
 1977 27 BAL AL   5   1  41   0   0   0  29  9   50.0   47   17   15   2   27   29   0   3   210   2   1  2.70  3.83  142 1.480
 1978 28 BAL AL   3   3  42   0   0   0  16  5   69.0   77   41   37   4   40   57   1   6   318   2   1  4.83  3.51   73 1.696
 1979 29 BAL AL  10   3  39   0   0   0  23  3   78.0   59   29   25   0   31   61   1   6   318   4   0  2.88  4.02  139 1.154
 1980 30 BAL AL   4   4  53   0   0   0  26 10   80.7   69   30   27   5   34   68   1   6   329   5   0  3.01  3.96  132 1.277
 1981 31 BAL AL   3   3  37   0   0   0  24 11   59.0   48   21   19   4   32   50   0   3   248   6   0  2.90  3.63  125 1.356
 1982 32 BAL AL   8   8  76   0   0   0  44 16   95.0   81   39   36   6   37   78   1   4   389   5   0  3.41  4.04  119 1.242
 1983 33 BAL AL   9   3  65   0   0   0  51 21  103.3   76   30   27  10   37   81   0   6   406   3   0  2.35  3.99  170 1.094 MVP-27,AS
 1984 34 BAL AL   4   9  55   0   0   0  42 17   89.7   88   42   39   9   51   72   0   7   402  13   0  3.91  3.88   99 1.550
 1985 35 BAL AL   3   3  49   0   0   0  20  4   70.0   70   48   42   8   37   47   0   5   312   8   0  5.40  4.02   75 1.529
 1986 36 BAL AL   0   2  14   0   0   0   5  1   16.0   18   10   10   1   12   11   0   1    74   1   0  5.63  4.14   74 1.875
 1988 38 MIN AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  0    4.0    8    9    8   1    4    3   1   0    24   0   1 18.00  4.05   23 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Years            42       2       0    115         732       320      425        8  58  3544  57   7  3.45  3.84  111 1.387
 WL%= .567       55     546       0     320     834.0       357       53       632
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   5  67   0   0   0  39 14  103.3   90   44   39   6   52   78   0   7   439   7   0  3.45  3.84  111 1.387
 Career High     10   9  76   2   0   0  51 21  103.3   88   48   42  10   51   81   1   7   406  13   2  2.33  4.04  170 1.094
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1974 24 NYY AL P 10 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.20 0.83 1.42 1.84 0 12.7 1975 25 NYY AL P 23 2 2 1 0 .800 .930 0.17 0.85 0.97 1.87 2 37.0 1976 26 TOT AL P 39 11 15 0 1 1.000 .952 0.67 0.85 3.36 1.87 0 69.7 NYY AL P 11 2 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.91 0.85 3.21 1.86 0 28.0 BAL AL P 28 9 7 0 1 1.000 .952 0.57 0.85 3.45 1.88 0 41.7 1977 27 BAL AL P 41 2 12 0 3 1.000 .946 0.34 0.84 2.52 1.94 0 50.0 1978 28 BAL AL P 42 8 13 0 1 1.000 .955 0.50 0.85 2.74 1.90 0 69.0 1979 29 BAL AL P 39 4 13 1 2 .944 .950 0.44 0.81 1.96 1.92 0 78.0 1980 30 BAL AL P 53 5 16 0 3 1.000 .959 0.40 0.77 2.34 1.85 0 80.7 1981 31 BAL AL P 37 3 13 3 0 .842 .964 0.43 0.81 2.44 1.98 0 59.0 1982 32 BAL AL P 76 6 10 0 1 1.000 .958 0.21 0.73 1.52 1.80 0 95.0 1983 33 BAL AL P 65 5 23 0 1 1.000 .959 0.43 0.73 2.44 1.80 0 103.3 AS 1984 34 BAL AL P 55 2 14 2 0 .889 .958 0.29 0.70 1.61 1.79 0 89.7 1985 35 BAL AL P 49 9 10 1 1 .950 .955 0.39 0.70 2.44 1.86 0 70.0 1986 36 BAL AL P 14 0 3 1 0 .750 .968 0.21 0.68 1.69 1.86 0 16.0 1988 38 MIN AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.67 0.00 1.80 0 4.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 24 NYY AL P 10 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.20 0.83 1.42 1.84 0 12.7 1975 25 NYY AL P 23 2 2 1 0 .800 .930 0.17 0.85 0.97 1.87 2 37.0 1976 26 TOT AL P 39 11 15 0 1 1.000 .952 0.67 0.85 3.36 1.87 0 69.7 NYY AL P 11 2 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.91 0.85 3.21 1.86 0 28.0 BAL AL P 28 9 7 0 1 1.000 .952 0.57 0.85 3.45 1.88 0 41.7 1977 27 BAL AL P 41 2 12 0 3 1.000 .946 0.34 0.84 2.52 1.94 0 50.0 1978 28 BAL AL P 42 8 13 0 1 1.000 .955 0.50 0.85 2.74 1.90 0 69.0 1979 29 BAL AL P 39 4 13 1 2 .944 .950 0.44 0.81 1.96 1.92 0 78.0 1980 30 BAL AL P 53 5 16 0 3 1.000 .959 0.40 0.77 2.34 1.85 0 80.7 1981 31 BAL AL P 37 3 13 3 0 .842 .964 0.43 0.81 2.44 1.98 0 59.0 1982 32 BAL AL P 76 6 10 0 1 1.000 .958 0.21 0.73 1.52 1.80 0 95.0 1983 33 BAL AL P 65 5 23 0 1 1.000 .959 0.43 0.73 2.44 1.80 0 103.3 1984 34 BAL AL P 55 2 14 2 0 .889 .958 0.29 0.70 1.61 1.79 0 89.7 1985 35 BAL AL P 49 9 10 1 1 .950 .955 0.39 0.70 2.44 1.86 0 70.0 1986 36 BAL AL P 14 0 3 1 0 .750 .968 0.21 0.68 1.69 1.86 0 16.0 1988 38 MIN AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.67 0.00 1.80 0 4.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 546 58 145 9 13 .958 .955 0.37 0.77 2.19 1.86 2 834.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 546 58 145 9 13 .958 .955 0.37 0.77 2.19 1.86 2 834
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1979   WS    BAL PIT     L   3   0   6.75  0  0  0  0   1.1   3   1   0   1 
 1983   ALCS  BAL CHW     W   2   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   6     5   0   3   5 
        WS    BAL PHI     W   3   0   3.00  0  0  2  0   3     3   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   6   0   4.15  0  0  2  0   4.1   6   2   0   1 
  3 Postseason Ser      2-1   8   0   1.74  1  0  2  0  10.1  11   2   3   6 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1979   WS    BAL PIT     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1983   ALCS  BAL CHW     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BAL PHI     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   6   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   2-1   8   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1983   BAL AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1983

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1983-AL-27-0.00

Games
1982 AL-76-2
1983 AL-65-4

Saves
1976 AL-10-8
1981 AL-11-6
1982 AL-16-8
1983 AL-21-7
1984 AL-17-9
Car-115-96

Games Finished
1981 AL-24-10
1982 AL-44-6
1983 AL-51-5
1984 AL-42-9
Car-320-83

Gray Ink: Pitching - 17 (1143) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 14.0 (530) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 12.0 (827) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 35th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but did not sign.

July 22, 1972: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1976: Traded by the New York Yankees with Rick Dempsey, Rudy May, Scott McGregor, and Dave Pagan to the Baltimore Orioles for Ken Holtzman, Doyle Alexander, Grant Jackson, Ellie Hendricks, and Jimmy Freeman.

June 4, 1987: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

April 4, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

April 21, 1988: Released by the Minnesota Twins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Baltimore Orioles$440,000
1986Baltimore Orioles$487,078
Career (may be incomplete)$927,078

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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